General I must admit that I just love belly casts!! Seeing that big, round belly preserved forever is so cool. Here at ProudBody, we want to make the belly casting process easy for you so that you can just focus on the fun of making a belly cast. Yes, it's messy, but it's worth it for the 3D keepsake you will make. When I made my belly casts when I was pregnant, it was such a memorable experience to have a tangible reminder of how my body had changed during pregnancy. Now, after my pregnancies, I cherish each of my belly casts and recall the special time I shared together with my children before their births. Every time I walk past my belly casts, I can't help but smile! Everyone always asks me how my belly casts are decorated. It took me a long time to decide how I wanted them decorated. They were designed and painted by Annie Stathes, a local Denver artist. Needless to say, I am thrilled with the results. The first one is the Japanese character for "Love" and it is a belly cast I did at 25 weeks of pregnancy. The second is a Celtic cross and it is a belly cast I did at 30 weeks of pregnancy (my husband is Irish and hence the Irish names for my son and daughter) and the last two belly casts were both done at 35 weeks of pregnancy. One of them is from my pregnancy with Cian and the other from my pregnancy with Cuinn. I definitely was bigger with Cuinn and she was bigger when born! These two belly casts were decorated as two panels to be displayed together as an Asian landscape. The characters on them are for Winter and Spring, the seasons in which my children were born. These are thumbnail pictures so click on them if you want to see larger versions.
	Our History ProudBody was started in 2001 after my son, Cian John, was born. ProudBody was started to offer women a unique way to remember a very special time in their life. Since starting ProudBody, we now have added another little one to our clan. Our daughter, Cuinn Ceana, was born in February 2004. We are located in the greater Denver, Colorado region. Our warehouse is located in Pueblo, Colorado.  As well as having our headquarters and warehouse in Colorado, we have distribution centers in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Guatemala, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea (also serving China), Trinidad and the United Kingdom.
	Product Development Since the beginnings of our company in 2001, we have listened to our customers regarding additional products they would like to see developed by our company. Just like our belly cast kit, each product was thoroughly tested and each project had to be easy to do. If I couldn't do it myself, then I wouldn't sell it! In the Spring of 2006, we launched our complete Pregnancy Art line of products. In addition to our first product, the pregnancy belly cast kit, we added a pregnancy henna art kit, pregnancy belly painting kit, TUMMY TATTs (temporary belly tattoos) and belly art t-shirts to our Pregnancy Art product line. In January 2007, we launched our ProudBaby line of products. Again, each product in our new line had to be easy-to-use and fail-proof. If I couldn't make the prints easily, then I wouldn't sell it! Our ProudBaby line consists of clay keepsake impression kits for new parents to capture their child's little fingerprints and footprints in minutes. With an almost 6-year old and 3-year old, I know how quickly those little fingers and toes grow and I wanted to provide an easy way for parents to capture those special prints to treasure forever. In July 2007, we made the switch from Vaseline® to a specially formulated all natural lubricant in our pregnancy belly cast kit. We had used Vaseline in our kits for years as we found it provided the best barrier between mom’s skin and the casting material and it is a trusted name in providing safe, high-quality skin-care products.  Over time, we received requests from customers wanting an all-natural lubricant and we listened!  Unable to find a product on the market that provided the same amount of barrier protection to mom’s skin as Vaseline, we had a lubricant especially made just for us: Belly Rub. Our all-natural Belly Rub lubricant provides an excellent barrier between mom’s skin and the casting material so the belly cast is easy to remove from mom’s skin after it has dried. Plus, our Belly Rub is body and earth-friendly. Belly Rub is easily washed from mom’s skin once her belly cast has been removed or she can allow it absorb into her skin. It is so much easier to remove than messy Vaseline but it provides the same excellent barrier protection!
	Our Philosophy Our philosophy here at ProudBody is to offer top-quality products at competitive prices price and to make the casting process a simple and enjoyable experience for you! We are the #1 pregnancy belly cast kit company NATIONWIDE and a TRUSTED name in the industry. Pregnancy Belly Cast Kits are our original product and we sell THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of them each year. Needless to say, we KNOW this product and KNOW what customers want in a kit! To put it simply, we offer the most for the least and in addition, we pride ourselves on second-to-none customer service! We go out of our way to make sure that your shopping experience with us is a pleasant one. Orders are shipped by no later than the next business day. ALWAYS. We know that our products are time sensitive and every day counts. There is no waiting of weeks to receive your order. And if you have any special requests, please give us a call toll-free at 1-877-972-1859 and let us know. We will do all we can to accomodate you! In the past, we have had last-minute orders that we moved heaven and earth to get delivered ASAP so that their belly casts could be made before their little ones arrived.

Please take a look through our site and feel free to contact me personally at wendy.tuey@proudbody.com if you have any questions regarding my company or products.

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